Major Hurricane Matthew has passed east of Jamaica with mostly minimal impacts to the island. The center of the storm passed over the western tip of Haiti, bringing heavy rain, damaging wind, and destructive surf to that region.
A cold front with a mid-level trough is moving through the High Plains this afternoon into evening. Instability is not as strong as one would like across the northern portion but there is still potential for some severe storms to trigger along that area.
Hurricane Matthew remains at Category 4 strength with sustained winds of 140 mph. The major hurricane made landfall over western Haiti on Tuesday morning, with intense winds and catastrophic flooding reported.
Hurricane Matthew is a category four cyclone packing winds of 145 mph. It’s on course to devastate the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas in the next few days. What kind of threat will Matthew pose to the US mainland? The Morecast team offers a couple of different possibilities as we wish the best for our friends to the south.
